19 Top 25 Affairs on Tap, #1 USC Begins Play on Men’s Water Polo Week 2

Still remaining on the week's slate are 19 head-to-head matchups between teams listed on the Sept. 11 Top 20 poll, including three Top 10 contests on Sunday. Current photo via USC Athletics, Catharyn Hayne

Week 2 of collegiate men’s water polo action began on Monday with a pair of contests, which saw vote getter Navy and Salem come up victorious. Mt. SAC and McKendree picked up wins on Tuesday. Two matches are scheduled for Wednesday evening.

Sept. 9

Austin College at RV Navy

Navy 20-10

Salem at Monmouth

Salem 20-13

Sept. 10

Cal Tech at Mt. SAC

Mt. SAC 23-6

Lindenwood at McKendree

McKendree 11-8

Sept. 11

Cal Tech at Chaffey

Concordia (Irvine) vs. #9 UC San Diego

Still remaining on the week’s slate are 19 head-to-head matchups between teams listed on the Sept. 11 Top 20 poll.

Action continues in earnest on Friday with the first of three days of action at tournaments in Princeton, New Jersey; and Erie, Pennsylvania. #2 Stanford also tangles with #18 San Jose State.

#1 USC kicks off its 2019 campaign at the tournament, facing Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Whittier on Saturday and taking on #4 UC Santa Barbara and Concordia (Irvine) on Sunday.

The Stanford Invitational will see two Top 20 contests, with #3 Stanford/#18 San Jose State on Friday and San Jose State taking on #2 UCLA on Saturday. The remainder of the tournament includes exhibition games with S.D. Pro Recco and the Olympic Club.